Victim of fatal crash in Mansfield identified

Wednesday

Jul 19, 2017 at 8:25 PMJul 19, 2017 at 8:32 PM

The victim of a crash Saturday morning on Route 95 in Mansfield has been identified as Omar Barrientos, 26, of Providence.

Barrientos was driving a 2015 Ford F250 pickup that slammed into the rear of a trailer trailer truck stopped in the breakdown lane with a flat tire. The pickup truck burst into flames, killing the driver.

The collision occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. near the rest area on the northbound side of the highway in Mansfield.

The driver of the trailer truck, a 56-year-old man from Providence, was sitting in the front seat. He declined any treatment.

State Police said the pickup was driving at a high speed in the breakdown lane.